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mailbox

[meyl-boks] / ˈmeɪlˌbɒks /


NOUN
mail drop
Synonyms


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Make sure to see the envelope handstamped with the postmark instead of tossing the letter in the mailbox, O’Saben added.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

“We don’t want anyone to just toss it into the mailbox as we have been able to do in the past and have it counted,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Now, Bores’s dad regularly receives negative fliers about him in his mailbox.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

So mail that is never even transported from the post office to the mailbox is still “miscarried.”

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

He turned toward the side that was opposite of the mailbox and I could have slipped away undetected, except that I called out, “Hi, Mr. Scanlon.”

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen